‘Real News From The Blaze:’ Following F&F, DOJ Announces New Whistleblower Ombudsperson Position
- Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:22pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The ATF reached an agreement this week with Peter Forcelli, an agent who blew the whistle on misconduct in the failed “Fast and Furious” gun trafficking operation. By perhaps no small coincidence, the Department of Justice Inspector General assigned to Fast and Furious announced a new position Wednesday; a “Whistleblower Ombudsman.”
According to a DOJ statement, the position “will enable the office of the inspector general to continue its leadership as a strong and independent voice within the Department of Justice on whistleblower issues.”
DOJ Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz says the new position will focus on training and educating employees within the DOJ on the role and importance of whistleblowers in improving effectiveness and efficiency of the Department’s operations, as well as their legal rights and protections against retaliation.
The Washington Times reports that lawmakers say Forcelli had been threatened with his job after telling a House committee in June 2011 that agency supervisors had allowed weapons — including semi-automatic rifles — to be “provided to individuals whom they knew would traffic them” to Mexican drug cartels. Forcelli had told the committee that the operation “endangered the American public.”
On “Real News” Thursday the panel was joined by ATF special agent Vincent Cefalu. Cefalu is uniquely qualified to comment on the DOJ’s new position for he was also a victim of retaliation within the bureau after he blew the whistle on an illegal wiretap in a racketeering case in 2005.
After spending 24 years going undercover with motorcycle gangs and white supremacist groups, his supervisors claimed he had performance and discipline issues, and sent him to a desk job dealing with oversees equipment inventory.
On GBTV Thursday, Cefalu explained his negative experiences being retaliated against from the highest levels of the bureau, his take on how much further the Fast and Furious scandal may go, and what can be done to fix problems within the ATF.
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blackyb
Posted on August 19, 2012 at 12:47amWho would trust DOJ with anything? They just want to know who is whistleblowing. These people do not need to be trusted with anything.
Report Post »Thunderchicken
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:27amMakes the Nixon administration look forthright. C’mon November!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:28pmEven if we back them up this time, they have dummed down this country for so many years that future generations are in many cases ignorant of what is going on. It is important to revamp the whole education process now rather than take a chance of future generations being enslaved out of ignorance and being dummed down to the point they will not stand on the Truth.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:24pmIt will not be too long until they will have their own people running on either ticket. These people are serious in their intent to overthorw this nation and put it into a position of want so extreme that many in the population will feel forced to go along with whatever they are dishing out. They will steal this election if there is anyway possible for them to do this.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:21pmThe odassity of these people would be comical if the country was not in serious trouble.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:13pmWho would trust anyone of them to blow a whistle on someone? They are all out of the same cut of cloth. That would be like a fox being told another fox is breaking into the henhouse. The only person coming out bad would be the whistleblower. They are just trying to find out what anyone knows about them, using their own people to handle the complaints which get back to the criminal.
Report Post »6thdegreeblack
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 9:04am18 USC CHAPTER 44 – FIREARMS 01/03/2012 (112-90)
(h) Whoever knowingly transfers a firearm, knowing that such
firearm will be used to commit a crime of violence (as defined in
subsection (c)(3)) or drug trafficking crime (as defined in
subsection (c)(2)) shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years,
fined in accordance with this title, or both.
(IF IT )
(ii) is a machinegun or a destructive device, or is equipped
with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person shall be
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years.
So here we are, the department who’s -sworn under oath- job it is to enforce and prosecute violators of the US code like the ones listed above are the perpetrators of the crimes themselves. And NOW, we are supposed to believe that the most effective way to clean this mess up is to use a person selected by the criminals?
Report Post »ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FRICKEN MIND? HELL NO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE YOU.
Note to all the corrupted, on the take, marxist traitors hiding in every corner of our government:
This is what you need to believe. This November, within minutes after we the people throw that bum leader of yours out of our Whitehouse we the owners of our government will in one voice demand that justice be served. Starting with immediate unemployment and finishing with criminal convictions.
Hey Holder, the lifer Bubba needs a new girlfriend.
fieldwork
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:07pmThis news certainly restored my trust in the DOJ.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:15pmLol.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:02pm“According to a DOJ statement, the position “will enable the office of the inspector general to continue its leadership as a strong and independent voice within the Department of Justice on whistleblower issues.”
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Most likely enable them to intercept the whistle-blower before he can cause the Obama Administration more problems. I don’t trust anyone is this Administration, they’ve given me no reason to.
Wool-Free Vision
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:32amYou said it, ATI. I would bet my last dollar that you have it nailed.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 11:49amThey just want to see who is blowing the whistles on them. They will not use it for what it should be, but to ostracize those who are concerned about right and wrong.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:00pmA “whistle blower Ombudsman” for the Holder DOJ ? The Obama Administration ? Sounds more like the Communist KGB- knowing that it’s the Obama Big Brother crowd.
Report Post »DoomsdayProphet
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:59pmWould Mittens Romney please bring the flipping boom on this administration? IF he loses, it’s obviously just bartered and the outcome is the FEDS…
Report Post »VoteRightDammit
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:53pmWord is out that Van Jones will be brought back to fill this job at a salary of $450K, and with a discretionary budget of $500Billion.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:18pmYes, then we will have Obama, Holder and Ivan the Terrible who will be even harder to move out.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:42pmThis will only make it easier for Holder to target the whistleblowers in the end; like Obama, he can never be trusted.
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